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Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Those who have seen recent advertisements placed by the News of the World may well have reflected that while we have always known Fianna Fáil has skeletons in the cupboard, it is now clear that this is the case.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I join previous speakers in congratulating Senator Alex White on becoming a senior counsel. I also congratulate Senator Ross on the publication of his book. Like other Members, I question why the House did not sit yesterday and why more legislation is not being taken in this Chamber. As Senator O'Toole indicated, there is a great deal of legislation on the Order Paper. I introduced No. 13...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, I called for a debate on No. 12 on the Order Paper, the Climate Protection Bill 2007. I asked that that Bill be debated in the context of the meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change and energy security which, I understand, was scheduled to take place at 2.30 p.m. yesterday and was cancelled, having last met a year ago in October 2009. There is no indication when...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I ask that the Order of Business be amended to allow a debate on No. 12. It is time, in this the second day of a two-day sitting, that we debated some legislation. There is all party consensus on this Bill. My colleague in the other House, Deputy Liz McManus, pointed out yesterday that a Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security report sets out a text for a climate change Bill....

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: They want to do it and these people want to know when the legislation is likely to come into force.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: An end to oppositional politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I call on the Leader for a debate on the need for unity in Government. The news from yesterday shows that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy John Gormley, might have been looking for consensus with the Opposition parties, but he cannot even achieve it within the Government with his Taoiseach. It is now very clear that the Government lacks any type of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: It is a bit late for that now.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I listened with interest to Senator Hanafin stating the Government might last until 14 June 2012.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: I do not think anyone else is going to take a bet on that happening. I support calls by others for a debate on the extent of cutbacks in the forthcoming budget. We are getting a drip-feed of increasingly worse news about the true extent of the cuts which the Government intends to make, from €3 billion to €4 billion and now to €5 billion. While I, like others, very much welcome the...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: She notes the good news that a contract has been signed for the provision of a new cystic fibrosis unit at St. Vincent's Hospital. We need a debate on the way we can best improve services more generally for those living with cystic fibrosis.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: That is even more worrying.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Oct 2010)

Ivana Bacik: Hear, hear.